An interactive created by Sunglass Warehouse. They scientifically mapped out the 96 tastiest beers in this Periodic Table of Beer. Hover over each square to see the full beer name. Click on a square to find more details, like brewery name and location.

Most people have made some rather poor decisions while drinking, but rarely do drunken mistakes turn out to be life changing in a spectacular sense.
Scotland-based banker 24-year-old Jamie Ather made the best drunken mistake of his life one Saturday night in August.

Beer has had a long standing reputation as one of humankind's most beloved inventions, stretching back thousands of years to ancient civilisations. It's only natural, then, that a few people would take on the challenge to create an alcoholic drink that challenges how we view beer. Experimentations with how the brew is made - from the hops used to the brewing process itself - has come under scrutiny to try to create something new and creative. Then there are the people who take it a little too far.

Using this app, you can hover over a country and find out which country drinks what (in ml per week per person over age 15). You can also find out by clicking on the bottom who drinks what by region and what their favorite drinks are.

Not so well-known is that a principal cause of Russia’s embarrassing defeat in the (first?) Crimean War (1853-1856) was the country’s age-old vice: alcohol. From the inebriate and undisciplined peasant conscripts to their inept, corrupt and often even more soused army commanders, the lackluster military that Russia put into the field in Crimea was the unhappy product of the imperial state’s centuries-long promotion of a vodka trade that had become the tsars’ greatest source of revenue.

The invention is the result of joint venture between two companies from Lazio, the Rieti chocolate-maker Napoleone and Cittareale brewery Alta Quota. They say the spread is great on toast, as a cake filling, and with cheese or appetizers.